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"This  nothings  more  than  matter... . 
Thoughts  and  remembrance  fitted." 

— Shakespeare 


PLAYS 


PRODUCED  UNDER  THE  STAGE  DIRECTION 

OF 

DAVID  BELASCO 


Illustrated  with  Twelve  Crayon  Sketches 
by  William  F.  Kurze 


NEW  YORK 
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"Living  is  striving." 


David  Belasco 
Chevalier  de  VOrdre  National  de  la  Legion  d'honneur 


PLAYS  PRODUCED 
UNDER  THE  STAGE  DIRECTION  OF 

DAVID  BELASCO 

JUVENILE  PRODUCTIONS 

'Jim  Black;  or,  The  Regulator's  Revenge." 
'The  Roll  of  the  Drum  " 
'East  Lynne"  (burlesque  of). 

'The  Barmaid's  Revenge ;  or,  The  Fatal  Corkscrew"  (burlesque) . 

'The  Bohemians"  (words — for  music  of). 

'II  Trovatore"  (an  adaptation  of  the  libretto  of — for  music). 

'Spiritland." 

'The  Signing  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence." 
'The  Hanging  of  Nathan  Hale." 
'The  Dying  Boy's  Last  Christmas." 
'Adam  and  Eve  in  the  Garden  of  Eden." 


"The  Butcher's  Revenge;  or,  The  Seven  Buckets  of  Blood." 

"An  Angel  in  Hell." 

"The  Bronze  Statue." 

"Aladdin  and  the  Wonderful  Lamp." 

All  of  the  above  were  written  by  Belasco  and  were  produced 
by  him,  as  well  as  under  his  stage  direction,  prior  to  1872. 

"A  Morning  Call"  (by  Charles  Dance);  "The  Colleen  Bawn" 
(by  Dion  Boucicault),  and  the  First  and  Second  acts  of  "Dar- 
ling; or,  Woman  and  Her  Master," — at  The  Metropolitan  Thea- 
tre, San  Francisco,  February  28,  1873 :  Benefit  to  Marion  Mor- 
daunt, — with  J.  C.  Williamson,  Harry  Edwards,  Owen  Marlowe, 
Alice  Harrison,  etc.,  in  the  casts.    D.  B.  was  nominally  assist- 
ant stage  manager,  but  did  all  the  actual  work  of  direction. 
"Little  Don  Giovanni"  (by  H.  J.  Byron). 
"The  Gold  Demon." 
"Checkmate"  (by  Andrew  Halliday). 
"Schermerhom's  Boy." 
"The  Wonderful  Scamp;  or,  Aladdin  No.  2." 
"The  Statue  Lover." 
"Pluto." 
"Cinderella." 

These  pieces  (burlesques  and  farces)  were  produced,  with  The 
Chapman  Sisters  (Blanche  and  Ella),  at  The  Metropolitan 
Theatre,  San  Francisco, — where  Belasco,  titularly,  was  as- 
sistant stage  manager  but  did  all  the  actual  work  of  direction, 
February  28  to  April  28,  1873,  inclusive. 

"The  New  Magdalen"  (dramatized  from  Wilkie  Collins'  novel, 
by  Belasco  and  James  H.  Le  Roy),  with  Bella  Pateman,  at 
Shiel's  Opera  House,  S.  F.,  July  14,  1873. 

"Maum  Cre." 
"Help." 

"Ireland  and  America." 


[6] 


"The  Rising  Moon." 
"Out  at  Sea." 

"Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  (by  G.  F.  Rowe). 

"Twice  Saved;  or,  Bertha  the  Midget." 

"The  Woman  in  Red." 

"Dark  Deeds." 

"More  Blunders  Than  One." 

"Little  Katy;  or,  The  Hot  Corn  Girl." 

"The  Stage  Struck  Chambermaid." 

"Man  and  Wife"  (by  Wilkie  Collins, — from  his  novel). 

"The  Mexican  Tigress." 

"Evenings  at  Home." 

Those  fifteen  plays  were  produced  at  Shiel's  (afterward, 
Gray's)  Opera  House,  S.  F.,  August  18  to  October  18,  1873, — 
with  Joseph  Murphy,  Frederick  Lyster,  Laura  Alberta,  Fanny 
Cathcart  and  George  Darrell. 


'Our  American  Cousin"  (by  Tom  Taylor). 
'Donna  Diana;  or,  Love's  Masque"  (by  John  Westland  Mars- 
ton, — from  the  Spanish  of  Augustin  Moreto). 
Lucretia  Borgia"  (adapted  from 


Donizetti). 


'The  Jealous  Wife"  (by  George  Col- 
man, — founded  on  "Tom  Jones"). 
'East  Lynne"  (by  Alfred  Kempe, — 


from  Mrs.  Henry  Wood's  novel). 
'Mary  Stuart"  (by  W.  G.  Wills). 


'Pygmalion  and  Galatea"  (by  Wm. 


S.  Gilbert). 


Those  seven  plays  were  produced 
at  Piper's  Opera  House,  Virginia 


[7] 


David  Belasco 
(About  1875) 


City,  Nevada,  between  November  i  (about),  1873,  and  March 
1,  1874, — with  Dion  Boucicault,  Mrs.  D.  P.  Bowers,  Katharine 
Rodgers,  etc.,  in  the  casts. 

At  other  times  he  there  directed,  specially  for  Mrs.  Bowers, 
the  following  pieces: 

"Marie  Antoinette"  (by  J.  Palgrave  Simpson). 

"The  School  for  Scandal." 

"Bianca  Visconti"  (by  Nathaniel  P.  Willis). 

"Love"  (by  Sheridan  Knowles). 

"Much  Ado  About  Nothing." 

"Lady  Audley's  Secret"  (by  George  Roberts, — from  the  novel). 

Between  May  4  and  August  31,  1874,  the  following  five 
pieces  were  put  on,  under  Belasco's  stage  management,  at 
Maguire's  New  Theatre,  S.  F.,  with  William  H.  Lingard  and 
company : 

"Charity"  (by  Wm.  S.  Gilbert). 

"Alixe"  (by  Augustin  Daly,  from  "La  Comtesse  de  Somerive," 
by  Baroness  de  Prevois  and  Th.  Barriere). 
"War  to  the  Knife"  (by  Gilbert). 
"Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  White." 


"The  French  Spy"  (by  J.  T.  Haines). 

"The  Pretty  Housebreaker"  (by  Andrew  Halliday  and  Wm. 

Brough). 

"Nita;  or,  Woman's  Constancy." 

"Mazeppa"  (by  H.  M.  Milner — from  Byron's  poem). 

D.  B.  staged  those  plays,  also  at  Maguire's,  for  Mile.  Marie 
Zoe,  between  September  14  and  October,  1874. 

"The  Wept  of  the  Wish-Ton-Wish"  (from  Fennimore  Cooper's 

novel) . 

"Rip  Van  Winkle"  (James  A.  Heme's  version). 
"Parepa  Rosa"  (burlesque). 
"Blind  Beggars." 


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"The  People's  Lawyer"  (by  J.  S.  Jones). 

"Alphonse"  ("Monsieur  Alphonse,"  adapted  by  Augustin  Daly 

from  the  French  of  Dumas  fits). 
"Lady  Madge"  (by  James  H.  Le  Roy). 
"Charles  O'Malley"  (from  Lever's  novel — by  James  A.  Heme) 
"The  Sphinx"  (from  the  French  of  Georges  Ohnet). 
"Oliver  Twist"  (from  Dickens'  novel — by  Heme). 
"Carlotta!  Queen  of  the  Arena." 
"Terrible  Hymen." 
"Jenny  Lind." 

"The  Enchantress"  (musical  play). 

The  foregoing  fifteen  plays,  as  well  as  a  number  of  others 
the  records  of  which  have  been  lost,  were  done  at  Maguire's, 
S.  F.,  between  October  9  and  December  24,  1874,  under  the 
management  of  James  A.  Heme  and  the  stage  direction  of 
Belasco, — with  Alice  Vane,  Fay  Templeton,  Thomas  Whiffen. 
James  O.  Barrows,  Sydney  Cowell,  Annette  Ince,  Ella  Kemble, 
Amy  Bennett,  etc. 

"East  Lynne." 

"Camille"  (Mrs.  [Jean  Davenport]  Lander's  version). 
"Frou-Frou"  (by  Augustin  Daly,  from  the  French  of  Meilhac 
and  Halevy). 

"Robert  Macaire"  (Heme's  ver- 
sion— from  the  French). 
"A  Conjugal  Lesson." 
"A  Happy  Pair"  (by  S.  Therye 

Smith). 

"The  Antics  of  a  Clown"  (Spe- 
cialty-Entertainment, writ- 
ten and  enacted  by  D.  B.). 

The  preceding  seven  pieces,  as 
well  as  several  others  not  re- 


O liver  Goldsmith 


corded,  were  done  with  Miss  Milicent  Rogers,  on  tour  through 
Pacific  Slope  cities  and  towns,  January  to,  about,  May  1 5,  1875. 

"Black  Ey'd  Susan"  (by  Douglas  Jerrold),  at  California  Theatre, 

with  James  H.  Le  Roy. 
"The  Bohemian"  (adapted  by  George  Ceprico — who  starred  in 
it — from  the  "Edmund  Kean;  or,  Madness  in  Genius"  of 

Dumas). 


"Gaspardo;  or,  The  Three  Banished  Men  of  Milan." 
"The  Miser's  Daughter." 
"The  Dawn  of  Freedom." 
The  Fool's  Revenge"  (by  Tom  Taylor). 
"The  Forty  Thieves"  (by  Robert  Reece  and  Meyer  Lutz). 
"Who  Killed  Cock  Robin"  (burlesque). 
"Faustus,  a  Romantic  Spectacle." 
"The  Black  Hand;  or,  The  Lost  Will." 

The  eight  pieces  immediately  foregoing  were  done  at  Thome's 
Palace  Theatre  (Wilson's  Amphitheatre),  S.  F.,  under,  at  first, 
Charles  R.  Thorne,  Sr.,  then,  Col.  J.  H.  Wood, — December  13, 
1875,  to  January  6,  1876.  Thorne  and  Frank  Jones  were  the 
principal  players. 


Baldwin's  Theatre,  San  Francisco  (which,  at  first,  was  named 
Baldwin's  Academy  of  Music),  was  opened  on  March  6,  1876. 
Thomas  Maguire  was  known  as  Proprietor  and  James  A.  Heme 
as  Stage  Manager.  But  Maguire  was,  in  fact,  only  a  business 
manager, — the  actual  proprietor  being  Edward  J.  ["Lucky"] 
Baldwin.  The  actual  stage  manager,  under  whose  direction  the 
following  plays  were  brought  out,  with  the  Irish  tragedian 
Barry  Sullivan  in  the  central  characters,  was  David  Belasco. 


[10] 


"King  Richard  III."  (Cibber's  version). 

"The  Wonder"  (by  Mrs.  Centlivre — from  the  Spanish,  and 


"Hamlet" 
"Macbeth" 

"The  Gamester"  (by  Edward  Moore). 

"King  Lear." 

"Othello" 

"The  Merchant  of  Venice." 

"A  Match  for  a  King"  (version  of  "Don  Caesar  de  Bazan,"  from 
French  of  Dumanois  and  D'Ennery  by  Charles  Mathews). 
"A  New  Way  to  Pay  Old  Debts"  (by  Philip  Massinger). 
"The  Wife"  (by  Sheridan  Knowles). 

These  were  done  March  6  to  April  16,  1876. 


"The  Creole." 

"The  Willing  Hand." 

"Uncle  Tom's  Cabin"  (version  altered  by  D.  B.). 
"The  Octoroon"  (by  Boucicault). 

"The  Stranger"  (altered  from  Kotzibue  by  Benjamin  Thompson). 
"The  Love  Chase"  (by  Sheridan  Knowles). 
"King  Henry  IV."  (Shakespeare's 


"The  Wrangling  Lovers"). 


—Part  One). 


And  a  number  of  other  plays 
during  the  same  period  (about 
May  1, 1876,  to  February  1, 1877), 
exact  dates  of  which  have  been 
lost, — with  Eleanor  Carey,  James 
W.  Ward,  Winnetta  Montague, 
and  others:  sometimes  in  San 
Francisco,  sometimes  on  tours  of 
Pacific  Slope  cities;  Sacramento, 
Portland,  Seattle,  Victoria,  etc. 


William  Shakespeare 
(After  Martin  Droeshout) 


On  tour  with  Fanny  Morgan  Phelps : 
"The  Pearl  of  Savoy." 

"The  Ticket-of-Leave  Man"  (by  Tom  Taylor). 

"Lost  in  London"  (by  Watts  Phillips). 

"The  Bonny  Fish  Wife." 

"Meg's  Diversion"  (by  H.  T.  Craven). 

"Meg  Merrilies"  (from  Scott's  "Guy  Mannering") 


"The  Haunted  House." 

"Faust"  (adapted  to  the  stage). 

"The  Mysterious  Inn." 

"A  Storm  of  Thoughts." 

"The  Persecuted  Traveller." 

"Our  Mysterious  Boarding  House." 

"The  Prodigal's  Return." 

"Wine,  Woman,  and  Cards." 

"Christmas  Night;  or,  The  Convict's  Return." 

The  nine  foregoing  pieces,  all  of  which  were  written  as  well 
as  directed  by  Belasco,  were  brought  out  with  Frank  Gardiner 
and  Carrie  Swain,  at  Egyptian  Hall  (No.  22  Geary  Street,  near 
Kearny),  S.  F.,  February  16  to  (about)  May  1,  1877. 


"The  Lady  of  Lyons"  (Bulwer-Lytton). 

"The  Young  Widow." 

"The  Hidden  Hand." 

"Robert  Macaire." 

"The  Wife"  (by  Sheridan  Knowles). 

"My  Turn  Next." 

"The  Streets  of  New  York"  (by  Dion  Boucicault). 
"The  Rough  Diamond"  (by  J.  B.  Buckstone). 


[12] 


"Deborah"  (by  Augustin  Daly,  from  the  German  of  Mosenthal). 
"Solon  Shingle." 

Those  ten  plays  were  staged  for  Thomas  W.  Keene, — begin- 
ning, September  24,  1877,  at  Petaluma,  California. 

"The  Ticket-of-Leave  Man,"  for  Frank  I.  Frayne,  M.  B.  Curtis 
and  Gertrude  Granville, — October,  1877 


"Agnes"  (from  Sardou's  "Andrea"). 

"One  Hundred  Years  Old"  (by  N.  Hart  Jackson,  from  "Le 
Centenaire,"  by  Adolphe  D'Ennery  and  E.  Plouvier) 
"Saratoga"  (by  Branson  Howard). 

"A  Celebrated  Case"  (by  A.  D'Ennery  and  Eugene  Cormon) 
"The  Danites"  (by  Joaquin  Miller). 

Those  five  plays  Belasco  directed  for  the  New  York  Union 
Square  Theatre  Company,  visiting  San  Francisco  and  other 
Pacific  cities,  March  26  to  May,  1878.  At  the  close  of  his 
employment  with  that  company,  he  received  the  following 
notable  letter  from  one  of  the  most  eminent  actors  and  stage 
directors  of  the  time, — a  letter  well  worth  reproducing  here: 

"Dear  Mr.  David  Belasco: — 

"In  behalf  of  the  members  of  The  Union  Square  Company,  I 
extend  sincere  thanks  for  your  unvarying  courtesy  and  for  your 
able  direction  of  our  efforts.  With  our  thanks  are  mingled  a 
large  measure  of  congratulations  for  your  ability.  Your  quick 
apprehension  and  remarkable  analytical  ability  in  discovering 
and  describing  the  mental  intentions  of  an  author  are  so  su- 
perior to  anything  we  have  heretofore  experienced  that  we  feel 
sure  that  the  position  of  master  dramatic  director  of  the 

[13] 


American  Stage  must  finally  fall  on  you.  Personally,  I  take  great 
pleasure  in  thus  expressing  the  feelings  and  the  wishes  of  the 
Company,  and  have  the  honor  to  subscribe  myself, 

"Yours  truly, 

"F.  F.  Mackay." 

"The  Octoroon"  (by  Boucicault,  rearranged  by  D.  B.). 
"Olivia"  (by  D.  B., — from  "The  Vicar  of  Wakefield"). 
"A  Woman  of  the  People"  (altered  by  D.  B.  from  original  by 

Wm.  G.  Wills). 
"Struck  Oil"  (by  Clay  M.  Greene  and  Henry  Thompson). 
"The  Chinese  Question." 
"The  Unequal  Match"  (by  Tom  Taylor). 
"The  Loan  of  a  Lover"  (by  J.  R.  Planche). 
"Honi  Soit  Qui  Mai  Y  Pens"  (by  Jose  G.  Godor). 
"Conscience"  (by  A.  E.  Lancaster). 
"Article  47"  (by  Augustin  Daly). 
"Macbeth." 

"Not  Guilty"  (altered  by  D.  B.  from  the  original  by  Watts 

Phillips). 

"Loyal  Till  Death." 
"Ours"  (by  Tom  Robertson). 
"He  Would  and  He  Would  Not." 
"The  Governess." 

"Within  an  Inch  of  His  Life"  (by  D.  B.,  from  the  story  by 

Gaboriau). 

"The  Passion  Play"  (by  Salmi  Morse). 

"A  Fast  Family"  (by  D.  B.,  from  Sardou's  "La  Famille 

Benoiton!") 

"The  Millionaire  s  Daughter"  (by  D.  B.). 
"The  Fool  of  the  Family"  (by  H.  J.  Byron). 
"Camille." 

"London  Assurance"  (by  Boucicault  and  Brougham). 


[14] 


"Marriage  by  Moonlight"  (afterward,  "The  Moonlight  Mar- 
riage," by  D.  B.  and  James  A.  Heme). 
-  "L'Assommoir"  (by  D.  B.,  from  Zola's  novel). 
"Cupid's  Lawsuit." 

"Chums"  (by  D.  B.  and  James  A.  Heme). 

The  above  specified  productions,  sequent  to  those  for  the 
New  York  Union  Square  Company,  were  made  chiefly  at  the 
Baldwin  Theatre,  S.  F.,  and  for  various  persons — Maguire,  Rose 
Wood,  James  O'Neill,  Lewis  Morrison,  Maggie  Moore,  Clara 
Morris,  Rose  Coghlan  and  James  A.  Heme  among  the  number. 


"Hearts  of  Oak"  ("Chums"  rewritten,  and  presented  under  pro- 
prietorship of  Belasco  and  Heme,  at  Hamlin's  Theatre, 
Chicago,  November  17,  1879.  Same,  at  the  Fifth  Avenue 
Theatre,  New  York,  March  29,  1880). 


"Romeo  and  Juliet"  (Adelaide  Neilson  as  Juliet). 
"As  You  Like  It"  (Miss  Neilson  as  Rosalind). 
"The  Hunchback"  (by  Sheridan  Knowles). 
"Amy  Robsart"  (by  Andrew  Halliday,  —  from  Scott's  "Kenil- 

worth"). 

"The  School  for  Scandal." 
"The  Lady  of  Lyons"  (by  Bulwer- 

Lytton). 

Those  six  at  the  Baldwin,  all  for 
Miss  Neilson. 


"Paul  Arniff ;  or,  The  Love  of  a  Serf" 
(by  D.  B.). 

"Deception"  (afterward,  "The  Le- 
gion of  Honor"). 

[15] 


Richard  Brinsley  Sheridan 


"An  Orphan  of  the  State." 
"Richelieu"  (Bulwer-Lytton). 

"True  to  the  Core"  (adapted  by  D.  B.  from  original  by  T.  P. 

Cooke). 

"Ninon"  (by  William  Gorman  Wills). 

"Forget  Me  Not"  (by  Herman  Merivale  and  F.  C.  Grove). 

"The  Galley  Slave"  (by  Bartley  Campbell). 

"Fairfax"  (by  Bartley  Campbell). 

"Golden  Game"  (by  Bartley  Campbell). 

"King  Louis  XI."  (by  Charles  Reade,  from  the  French). 


"Wild  Oats"  (by  John  O'Keefe). 

"The  Lady  of  Lyons"  (Bulwer-Lytton). 

"The  Merchant  of  Venice." 

"A  New  Way  to  Pay  Old  Debts"  (Massinger). 

"Othello." 

"The  Lyons  Mail"  (by  Charles  Reade, — from  the  French). 

The  seven  last  enumerated  were  staged  for  William  E.  Sheri- 
dan, at  the  Baldwin,  S.  F.,  November  15  to  December  26,  1880. 


"The  World"  (by  Paul  Merritt,  Henry  Pettitt  and  Augustus 

Harris). 

"La  Belle  Russe"  (by  D.  B.). 

"The  Stranglers  of  Paris"  (by  D.  B.,  from  the  story  by  Adolphe 

Belot). 

"The  Eviction"  (byD.  B.). 

"Wedded  by  Fate"  (by  Edward  Captain  Field  and  Henry  B. 

McDowell). 

"Back  from  the  Grave"  (by  George  Darrell). 

"Four  Fates." 

'Transported  for  Life." 

"The  Curse  of  Cain"  (by  D.  B.). 

"The  Great  Divorce  Case"  (by  Clement  Scott  and  Arthur 

Matthison). 


[16] 


"Car  ys  wold." 

"American  Born"  (by  D.  B.,  adapted  from  "British  Born,"  by 


"Mary  Warner"  (by  Tom  Taylor). 
"Our  Boys"  (by  H.  J.  Byron). 
"The  Woman  in  Red." 

The  record  from  the  end  of  Sheridan's  engagement,  December 
20,  1880,  to  "The  Woman  in  Red,"  about  July  31,  1882,  is  very 
incomplete.  Belascos  San  Francisco  career  ended  with  the 
production  of  "American  Born."  The  three  plays  listed  after 
that  were  (along  with  others  staged  by  him  earlier)  brought  out 
in  Denver  and  other  cities  while  traveling  Eastward,  with  the 
[Gustave]  Frohman  Dramatic  Company.  Among  the  other 
plays  placed  upon  the  stage  under  the  direction  of  Belasco 
during  the  first  ten  years  of  his  career,  in  various  western 
cities  (San  Francisco,  Sacramento,  Portland,  Virginia  City, 
Humbolt,  Seattle,  Victoria,  etc.),  should  be  enumerated  the 
following: 

"Money"  (by  Bulwer-Lytton). 
"Box  and  Cox"  (by  J.  Maddison  Morton). 
"The  Spectre  Bridegroom"  (by  George  Fawcett  Rowe). 
"Green  Bushes"  (by  J.  B.  Buck-  g£g  


Paul  Merritt  and  Henry  Pettitt). 


Boucicault — from  the  French). 
"Help." 


"Katharine  and  Petruchio." 


"The  Corsican  Brothers"  (by  Dion 


"Julius  Caesar." 


ford — from  the  French). 


stone) . 


Dion  Boucicault 


"A  Life's  Revenge." 
"Katy." 

"The  Ballad  Monger"  (by  Walter  Herries  Pollock  and  Walter 

Besant). 

"Lost  in  London"  (by  Watts  Phillips). 

"The  Long  Strike"  (by  Boucicault). 

"The  Lancashire  Lass"  (by  H.  J.  Byron). 

"Twice  Saved." 

"The  Young  Widow." 

"The  Pearl  of  Savoy." 

"The  Beauty  and  the  Brigands." 

"The  Toodles." 

'The  Jibbenainosay." 

"A  Yankee  in  Cuba." 

"Enoch  Arden"  (by  Arthur  Matthison — from  Tennyson's  poem). 
"Fritz  in  a  Madhouse." 

"Ingomar"  (by  Mrs.  G.  W.  Lovell — from  the  German). 
"The  Child  of  the  Regiment." 
"The  Light-House  Cliff." 

"The  Marble  Heart"  (by  Charles  Selby — from  the  French). 
"The  Dead  Heart"  (by  Watts  Phillips). 
"Rory  O'More"  (by  Samuel  Lever — from  his  novel). 
"The  Haunted  Man." 

"She  Stoops  to  Conquer"  (by  Oliver  Goldsmith). 

"A  Bull  in  a  China-Shop." 

"Damon  and  Pythias"  (by  John  Danim). 

"The  French  Spy"  (by  J.  T.  Haines). 

"A  Hard  Struggle." 

"The  Lone  Pine"  (by  D.  B.). 

"Medea"  (from  the  translation  of  Euripides  by  Theodore  Alois 

Buckley) . 

"Mimi"  (by  Dion  Boucicault). 
"The  Red  Pocketbook." 


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"Nobody's  Child." 

"Pizarro"  (by  R.  B.  Sheridan — from  the  German). 


Belasco's  career  in  the  East  began  (not  counting  the  venture 
with  "Hearts  of  Oak,"  which  ended  in  failure)  on  October  9, 
1882,  at  the  old  Madison  Square  Theatre,  New  York,  with  his 
staging  of  the  famous  play  by  Bronson  Howard,  entitled 
"Young  Mrs.  Winthrop."  (This  presentation  ran  for  nearly 
200  consecutive  performances.) 

Then  came: 

"A  Russian  Honeymoon"  (by  Mrs.  Burton  Harrison, — at  The 

Madison  Square,  April  9,  1883). 
"The  Rajah;  or,  Wyncot's  Ward"  (by  Wm.  N.  Young,  revised 

by  D.  B., — Madison  Square,  June  5,  1883). 
"The  Stranglers  of  Paris"  (new  version,  by  D.  B.,  at  New  Park 

Theatre,  November  12,  1883). 
1 1 Delmar's  Daughter;  or,  Duty"  (by  Henry  C.  De  Mille — 

Madison  Square,  December  10,  1883). 
"Alpine  Roses"  (by  H.  H.  Boyesen,  Madison  Square,  January 

31.  1884). 
"May  Blossom"  (by  D.  B.,— 

Madison  Square,  April  12, 

1 884.  This  presentation  ran 
until  September  27). 
"Called  Back"  (from  the  novel 

by   Hugh   Conway, — Fifth 

Avenue  Theatre,  September 
1,  1884). 

"Valerie"  (by  D.  B.,  based  on 
Sardou's  "Fernande" — Wal- 
lack's,  February  15,  1886). 
The  following  five  plays  were 


Victor ien  Sardou 


produced  under  Belasco's  stage  direction,  during  a  special  en- 
gagement at  the  Baldwin  Theatre,  San  Francisco,  May  31  to 
July  17,  1886: 

"Valerie." 

"The  Marble  Heart." 

"Anselma"  (from  Sardou's  "Andrea,"  via  the  German). 
"The  Lady  of  Lyons" 

"Alone  in  London"  (by  Robert  Buchanan  and  Harriet  Jay). 


"The  Main  Line;  or,  Rawson's  Y."  (by  Henry  C.  De  Mille,  at 
the  Lyceum  Theatre,  N.Y.,  September  18,  1886). 

"A  Wall  Street  Bandit"  (by  Archibald  C.  Gunter,  revised  by 
D.  B., — Standard  Theatre,  New  York,  September  20,  1886). 

"Faust"  (by  W.  S.  Gilbert). 

"Frou-Frou." 

"King  Rene's  Daughter"  (by  Theodore  Martin, — from  the 

Danish  of  Henrik  Herz) . 

"Sweethearts"  (by  Gilbert). 
Those  four  pieces  for  May  Fortesque,  at  the  Lyceum,  October 

18,  1886,  etseq.). 

"Les  Precieuses  Ridicules"  (by  Moliere, — Lyceum,  March  23, 

1887). 

"TheHighest  Bidder"  (byD.  B.,  based  on  a  play  called  "Trade," 
which  was  written  by  J.  Maddison  Morton  and  Robert 
Reece  for  E.  A.  [the  elder]  Sothern  and  which  had  been 
edited  by  William  Winter — with  E.  H.  Sothern;  Lyceum 
May  3,  1887:  ran  till  July  16:  revived  August  22  and  ran 
till  November  1). 

"Pawn Ticket  210"  (by  D.  B.  and  Clay  M.  Greene— for  Lotta, 
at  McVicker  s  Theatre,  Chicago,  September  12,  1887). 


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"The  Great  Pink  Pearl"  (by  Cecil  Raleigh)  and  "Editha's 
Burglar"  (by  Augustus  Thomas).  A  double-bill, — Lyceum, 
N.Y.,  September  19,  1887. 

"Baron  Rudolph"  (by  Bronson  Howard  and  Belasco, — for 
Charles  Frohman  and  George  S.  Knight:  Fourteenth  Street 
Theatre,  N.Y.,  October  24,  1887). 

"The  Wife"  (by  D.  B.  and  De  Mille— Lyceum,  November  1, 
1887;  with  Herbert  Kelcey,  Henry  Miller,  Georgia  Cayvan, 
etc.,  269  consecutive  performances). 

"She"  (by  Wm.  Gillette,  from  Rider  Haggard's  novel:  revised 
by  D.  B.  — at  Niblo's  Garden,  N.Y.  December,  1887). 

"Lord  Chumley"  (by  D.  B.  and  De  Mille, — Lyceum,  August  21, 
1888;  with  E.  H.  Sothern,  Belle  Archer,  Rowland  Buck- 
stone,  etc.). 

"The  Kaffir  Diamond"  (by  E.J.  Schwartz,  revised  by  D.  B.  ,— 
at  the  Broadway  Theatre,  N.Y.,  September  1 1,  1888:  with 
Louis  Aldrich,  Z.  A.  Wilkes,  Charles  Mackay,  Charles 
Bowser,  etc.). 

"Electra"  (of  Sophocles — Lyceum,  March  11,  1889:  later,  by 
special  invitation,  presented  before  Harvard  University). 

"The  Marquis"  (by  D.  B.,  on  Sardou's  "Ferreol," — Lyceum, 
March  18,  1889). 

"Robert  Elsmere"  (by  Wm.  Gillette,  on  Mrs.  Humphry  Ward's 
novel, — Union  Square  Theatre,  N.Y.,  April  29,  1889). 

"Featherbrain"  (by  James  Alberry, — for  Daniel  Frohman, 
Madison  Square  Theatre,  N.Y.,  May  6,  1889:  with  Mrs. 
Fiske,  Wilton  Lackaye,  Odette  Tyler,  etc.). 

"The  Charity  Ball"  (by  D.  B.  and  De  Mille— Lyceum,  Novem- 
ber 19,  1889:  with  Herbert  Kelcey,  Charles  Walcot,  Georgia 
Cayvan,  Effie  Shannon,  etc.). 


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"The  Prince  and  the  Pauper"  (by  Abby  Sage  Richardson,  from 
Mark  Twain's  novel,  revised  by  D.  B., — Broadway  Theatre 
N.Y.,  January  20,  1890:  with  Elsie  Leslie,  William  Faver- 
sham,  etc.). 

"Men  and  Women"  (by  D.  B.  and  De  Mille, — for  Charles 
Frohman,  at  Proctor's  Fourteenth  Street  Theatre,  N.  Y. : 
with  Frederic  de  Belleville,  Frank  Mordaunt,  M.  A.  Ken- 
nedy, Odette  Tyler,  Maude  Adams,  etc.,  ran  203  per- 
formances: later,  it  was  acted  in  London,  at  the  Adelphi 
Theatre). 

"The  Ugly  Duckling"  (by  Paul  M.  Potter— Broadway,  N.Y., 
November  10,  1890:  starring  Mrs.  Leslie  Carter;  E.  J. 
Henley,  Wm.  H.  Thompson,  Ian  Forbes-Robertson,  etc., 
also  in  cast). 

"Miss  Helyett"  (libretto  adapted  by  D.  B.,  from  the  French, — 
in  partnership  with  Charles  Frohman,  at  Star  Theatre, 
N.Y.,  November  3,  1891,  starring  Mrs.  Carter). 

"The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me"  (by  D.  B.  and  Franklyn  Fyles,— 
for  Charles  Frohman,  New  National  Theatre,  Washington, 
D.  C,  January  16,  1893:  opening  in  N.Y.  of  the  Empire 
Theatre,  January  25:  Frank  Mordaunt,  William  Morris, 
Nelson  Wheatcroft,  Theodore  Roberts,  Sydney  Armstrong, 
Edna  Wallace,  etc.,  in  cast;  at  the  Adelphi  Theatre,  Lon- 
don, April  13,  1895). 

"The  Younger  Son"  (by  D.  B.,  from  the  German, — for  Charles 
Frohman,  at  the  Empire,  October  24,  1893:  with  Henry 
Miller,  W.  H.  Crompton,  W.  H.  Thompson,  Viola  Allen, 
Mrs.  D.  P.  Bowers,  etc.). 

"The  Heart  of  Maryland"  (by  D.  B., — in  partnership  with  Max 
Bleiman  [whom  he  afterward  bought  out],  at  the  Grand 
Opera  House,  Washington,  October  9,  1895:  New  York 
opening,  October  22,  same  year ;  with  Mrs.  Carter,  Maurice 


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Barrymore,  E.  J.  Morgan,  John  E.  Kellerd,  Helen  Tracy, 
etc.  This  play  was  acted  in  London,  April  8,  1898,  at  the 
Adelphi.  It  was,  everywhere,  an  immense  success,  being 
acted,  almost  continuously,  for  three  years). 

"Under  the  Polar  Star"  (by  Clay  M.  Greene  and  D.  B.,—  for 
W.  A.  Brady,  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  N.Y.,  August  20, 
1897:  the  original  version  of  this  play  was  first  acted  many 
years  earlier,  in  San  Francisco). 

"The  First  Born"  (by  Francis  Powers, — presented  in  partner- 
ship with  Charles  Frohman,  at  the  Manhattan  Theatre, 
N.Y.,  October  5,  1897:  with  Francis  Powers,  May  Buckley, 
Ellen  E.  Cummins,  etc.  At  the  Duke  of  York's,  London, 
November  6,  1897). 

"Zaza"  (adapted  by  D.  B.  from  French  of  MM.  Pierre  Berton 
and  Charles  Simon, — presented  in  partnership  with  Ch. 
Frohman;  Lafayette  Opera  House,  Washington,  December 
25,  1898:  New  York  opening,  Garrick  Theatre,  January  9, 
1899,  were  it  was  acted  164  times.  With  Mrs.  Carter, 
Charles  A.  Stevenson,  Albert  Bruning,  etc.  This  drama 
was  presented  in  London,  April  5,  1900,  at  the  Garrick 
Theatre). 

"Naughty  Anthony"  (by  D.  B.,— at 
the  Columbia  Theatre,  Wash- 
ington, December  25,  1899:  in 
New  York,  at  the  Herald 
Square  Theatre,  January  8, 
1900;  with  Blanche  Bates, 
Frank  Worthing,  W.  J.  Le 
Moyne,  Brandon  Tynan,  etc.). 

"Madame  Butterfly"  (by  D.  B., 


based  on  a  story  of  that  name  by 


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William  Schwenck  Gilbert 


John  Luther  Long, — at  the  Herald  Square,  with  Blanche 
Bates  as  Cho-Cho-San  and  Frank  Worthing  as  Lieutenant  B 
F.  Pinkerton,  March  5,  1900.  This  tragic  little  play  was  pre- 
sented in  London,  April  28,  the  same  year,  at  the  Duke  of 
York's  Theatre, — Evelyn  Millard  and  Allen  Aynesworth 
playing  the  chief  parts.  At  the  Duke  of  York's  this  play 
was  seen  by  the  Italian  composer  Giacomo  Puccini,  who 
was  enchanted  by  it  and  made  it  into  an  opera.  That 
musical  rendering  was  first  made  known  in  New  York,  in 
English,  at  the  Garden  Theatre,  November  12,  1906, — 
Elza  Szamosy  and  Joseph  F.  Sheehan  assuming  the  princi- 
pal roles.  It  was  first  performed  there  in  Italian  on  February 
11,  1907,  at  the  Metropolitan  Opera  House, — Geraldine 
Farrar  singing  Cio-Cio-San;  Enrico  Caruso,  Pinkerton;  and 
Louise  Homer,  Suzuki.) 

"Under  Two  Flags"  (by  Paul  M.  Potter,  revised  by  D.  B.,— at 
the  Garden  Theatre,  N.Y.,  in  partnership  with  Charles 
Frohman,  February  5,  1901,  starring  Blanche  Bates,  sup- 
ported by  Campbell  Gollan,  Francis  Carlyle,  Maclyn  Ar- 
buckle,  Grace  Elliston,  etc.). 

"The  Auctioneer"  (by  Charles  Klein  and  Lee  Arthur,  revised  by 
D.  B., — at  the  Hyperion  Theatre,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
September  9,  1901 :  in  New  York,  at  the  old  Bijou  Theatre, 
Broadway,  above  30th  Street,  September  28.  David  War- 
field's  first  appearance  as  a  star:  he  was  supported  by 
Marie  Bates,  Brandon  Tynan,  Ruth  [St.]  Dennis,  Odell 
Williams,  etc.). 

"Du  Barry"  (by  D.  B.,— at  the  New  National  Theatre,  Wash- 
ington, December  12,  1901 :  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  N.Y., 
December  25.  Starring  Mrs.  Carter.  This  piece  received 
165  performances  during  its  original  "run"  in  New  York. 

t*4l 


The  first  Belasco  Theatre  [now,  The  Republic]  was  opened 
with  a  revival  of  "Du  Barry,"  September  29,  1902.) 

"The  Darling  of  the  Gods"  (by  D.  B.  and  John  Luther  Long  — 
at  the  National  Theatre,  Washington,  November  17,  1902: 
in  New  York,  at  the  Belasco,  December  3.  Blanche  Bates, 
George  Arliss,  and  Robert  Haines  acted  the  principal  parts; 
it  received  186  performances  during  its  first  New  York 
"run."  On  December  23,  1903,  following  in  every  detail 
Belasco's  director's  copy,  this  play  was  presented  at  His 
Majesty's  Theatre,  London,  with  Herbert  Beerbohm-Tree, 
Marie  Lohr,  and  George  Relph  in  the  chief  characters.). 

"Sweet  Kitty  Bellairs"  (by  D.  B.,  based  on  the  novel  of  "The 
Bath  Comedy," — at  the  Lafayette  Opera  House,  Washing- 
ton, November  23,  1903:  in  New  York,  at  the  Belasco 
Theatre,  December  8:  with  Henrietta  Crosman,  John  E. 
Kellerd,  Edwin  Stevens,  Shelley  Hull,  Edith  Crane,  Jane 
Cowl,  etc.). 

"The  Music  Master"  (by  Charles  Klein  and  D.  B., — at  Young's 
Pier  Theatre,  Atlantic  City,  September  12,  1904:  at  the 
Belasco,  N.Y.,  September  26;  with  David  Warfield,  Marie 
Bates,  Minnie  Dupree,  Jane  Cowl,  etc.). 

"Adrea"  (by  D.  B.  and  John  Luther  Long, — Convention  Hall, 
Washington,  December  26,  1904:  N.Y.,  January  11,  1905, 
at  the  Belasco,  with  Mrs.  Carter,  Tyrone  Power,  Ch.  A. 
Stevenson,  Edith  Crane,  etc.). 

"The  Girl  of  the  Golden  West"  (by  D.  B.  — at  the  Belasco 
Theatre,  Pittsburgh,  Pa.,  October  3,  1905:  November  14, 
at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  N.Y. ;  with  Blanche  Bates,  Frank 
Keenan,  and  Robert  Hilliard  in  the  principal  parts.  Like 
"Madame  Butterfly,"  this  play  attracted  the  attention,  and 
won  the  admiration  of  Giacomo  Puccini,  who  made  an 

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operatic  version  of  it,  which  was  sung,  in  Italian,  "for  the 
first  time  on  any  stage,"  December  10,  1 910,  at  the  Metro- 
politan Opera  House, — Arturo  Toscanini  conducting,  and 
Enrico  Caruso,  Pasquale  Amato,  and  Emmy  Destinn  sing- 
ing the  chief  rdles). 

'The  Rose  of  the  Rancho"  (by  D.  B.,  based  in  part  upon 
"Juanita,"  by  Richard  Walton  Tully, — at  the  Majestic 
Theatre,  Boston,  November  12,  1906,  with  Frances  Starr, 
Charles  Richman,  Hamilton  Revelle,  John  W.  Cope,  Jane 
Cowl,  etc.:  in  New  York,  at  the  Belasco,  November  27, 
1906). 

'A  Grand  Army  Man"  (by  D.  B.,  Pauline  Phelps,  and  Marion 
Short, —  at  the  Hyperion  Theatre,  New  Haven,  September 
23,  1907:  David  Belasco's  Stuyvesant  Theatre  [afterward, 
renamed  the  Belasco,  when  the  first  Belasco  Theatre  re- 
sumed the  name  of  the  Republic]  was  opened  with  the  first 
N.Y.  performance  of  this  play,  October  16,  1907,  with 
David  Warfield,  Reuben  Fax,  Tony  Bevan,  Marie  Bates, 
Jane  Cowl,  etc.,  playing  the  principal  parts). 

The  Warrens  of  Virginia"  (by  William  C.  De  Mille,— at  the 
Lyric  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  November  18,  1908:  at  the 
first  Belasco  Theatre,  N.Y.,  December  3,  with  Charlotte 
Walker,  Emma  Dunn,  Frank  Keenan,  Blanche  Yurka, 
Mary  Pickford,  etc.,  in  the  central  characters). 

The  Fighting  Hope"  (by  William  J.  Hurlbut  [first  play  of,  pro- 
duced],— at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  Washington,  September 
7,  1908,  with  Blanche  Bates,  Charles  Richman,  and  John 
W.  Cope:  at  the  Stuyvesant,  N.Y.,  September  22). 

The  Easiest  Way"  (by  Eugene  Walter, — at  the  Parson's 
Theatre,  Hartford,  Conn.,  December  31,  1908:  at  the 
Stuyvesant,  N.Y.,  January  19,  1909;  with  Frances  Starr, 
Joseph  Kilgour,  Laura  Nelson  Hall,  and  William  Sampson). 


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"Is  Matrimony  a  Failure"  (adapted  by  Leo  Ditrichstein  from 
"Die  Thur  Ins  Frei,"  by  Oscar  Blumenthal  and  Gustav 
Kadelburg, — at  the  Savoy  Theatre,  Atlantic  City,  N.J., 
August  16,  1909:  at  the  first  Belasco,  N.Y.,  August  23; 
with  Frank  Worthing,  W.  J.  Ferguson,  Jane  Cowl,  and 
William  Morris,  etc.). 

"The  Lily"  (adapted  by  D.  B.  from  the  French  of  Pierre  Wolff 
and  Gaston  Leroux, — at  the  Belasco,  Washington,  Decem- 
ber 6,  1909:  at  the  Stuyvesant,  N.Y.,  December  23;  with 
Nance  O'Neill,  Charles  Cartwright,  Bruce  McRae,  Florence 
Nash,  etc.  Produced,  from  D.  B.'s  director's  book,  Kings- 
way  Theatre,  London,  February  23,  191 1). 

"Just  a  Wife"  (by  Eugene  Walter, — at  the  Colonial  Theatre, 
Cleveland,  O.,  January  7,  1910:  at  the  Belasco,  N.Y., 
January  3 1 ;  with  Edmund  Breese,  Ernest  Glendinning  and 
Charlotte  Walker). 

"The  Concert"  (adapted  by  Leo  Ditrichstein  from  the  German 
of  Herman  Bahr, — at  the  Nixon  Theatre,  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
September  19,  19 10:  at  the  present  [1925]  Belasco  Theatre, 
N.Yk  [previously  the  Stuyvesant],  October  10;  with  Mr. 
Ditrichstein,  Wm.  Morris, 
John  W.  Cope,  Janet  Beecher, 
etc.). 

"Nobody's  Widow"  (by  Avery 
Hop  wood,  —  at  the  Euclid 
Avenue  Opera  House,  Cleve- 
land, October  24,  19 10: at  the 
Hudson  Theatre,  N.Y.,  No- 
vember 14;  with  Blanche 
Bates,  Edith  Crane,  Bruce 
McRae,  etc.). 

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Bronson  Howard 


"The  Return  of  Peter  Grimm"  (by  D.  B.,— at  the  Hollis  Street 
Theatre,  Boston,  January  2,  191 1:  New  York,  at  the 
present  Belasco  Theatre,  October  18,  same  year;  with 
David  Warfield,  Marie  Bates,  etc.). 

"The  Woman"  (by  William  C.  De  Mille— at  the  New  National, 
Washington,  April  17,  191 1:  New  York,  September  19,  at 
the  present  Republic  Theatre  [formerly  the  original  Be- 
lasco], with  Helen  Ware,  William  Courtleigh,  etc.). 

"The  Case  of  Becky"  (by  Edward  Locke,  revised  by  D.  B., — at 
the  New  National,  Washington,  October  30,  191 1:  first  in 
N.Y.,  at  the  present  Belasco  Theatre,  October  1,  1911; 
with  Frances  Starr,  Albert  Bruning,  Charles  Dalton,  etc.) 

"The  Governor's  Lady"  (by  Alice  Bradley  and  D.  B.  — at  the 
Broad  Street  Theatre,  Philadelphia,  April  29,  191 2:  Sep- 
tember 9,  at  the  Republic  Theatre,  N.Y.,  with  Emmett 
Corrigan,  Milton  Sills,  Stuart  Walker,  Emma  Dunn, 
Gladys  Hanson,  etc.). 

"Years  of  Discretion"  (by  Frederick,  and  Fanny  Locke,  Hatton, 
— at  the  Empire  Theatre,  Syracuse,  N.Y.,  November  4, 
191 2:  N.Y.,  December  12,  at  the  Belasco,  with  Lyn  Hard- 
ing, Bruce  McRae,  Herbert  Kelcey,  E.  M.  Holland,  Erne 
Shannon,  etc.). 

"A  Good  Little  Devil"  (adapted  by  Austin  Strong,  from  the 
French  of  Maurice  Rostand  and  Rosemonde  Gerard, — at 
the  Broad  Street,  Philadelphia,  December  10,  191 2:  N.Y. 
January  8,  191 3,  at  the  Republic,  with  Ernest  Lawford, 
William  Norris,  Ernest  Truex,  Mary  Pickford,  Lillian  Gish, 
Wilda  Bennett,  Reginia  Wallace,  etc.). 

"The  Temperamental  Journey"  (adapted  by  Leo  Ditrichstein 
from  "Pour  Vivre  Heureux,"  by  Andre  Rivoire  and  Yves 
Mirande, — at  the  Lyceum,  Rochester,  N.Y.,  August  28, 


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19 1 3 :  at  the  Belasco,  N.Y.,  September  4,  with  Leo  Ditrich- 
stein,  Isabel  Irving,  Josephine  Victor,  Cora  Witherspoon, 
etc.). 

"The  Man  Inside"  (by  Roland  B.  Molineux,  revised  by  D.  B.,— 
at  the  Euclid  Avenue  Opera  House,  Cleveland,  October 
27,  191 3 :  at  the  Criterion  Theatre,  N.Y.,  November  11, — 
with  A.  E.  Anson,  Charles  Dalton,  John  W.  Cope,  Helen 
Freeman,  etc.). 

"The  Secret"  (adapted  by  D.  B.  from  the  French  of  Henri 
Bernstein, — at  the  Detroit  Opera  House,  Detroit,  Mich., 
December  8,  191 3:  at  the  Belasco,  N.Y.,  December  23, 
with  Basil  Gill,  Robert  Warwick,  Marguerite  Leslie,  and 
Frances  Starr). 

"The  Phantom  Rival"  (adapted  into  English  by  Leo  Ditrich- 
stein,  from  "The  Man  Who  Cried  Wolf,"  by  Ferenc  Molnar, 
— at  Ford's  Opera  House,  Baltimore,  Md.,  September  28, 
191 3:  N.Y.,  Belasco  Theatre,  October  6,  with  Leo  Ditrich- 
stein,  Malcolm  Williams  and  Laura  Hope  Crews). 

"Marie-Odile"  (by  Edward  Knoblock  [originally  Knoblauch], — 
Belasco  Theatre,  Washington,  January  18,  191 5:  Belasco 
Theatre,  N.Y.,  January  26,  with  Frances  Starr,  Marie 
Wainwright,  Frank  Reicher,  Jerome  Patrick,  etc.). 

"A  Celebrated  Case"  (from  the  French  of  Adolphe  D'Ennery 
and  Eugene  Corman,  by  A.  R.  Cazauran,  produced  in  part- 
nership with  Charles  Frohman, — at  the  Hollis  Street  Thea- 
tre, Boston,  March  28,  191 5:  in  N.Y.,  at  the  Empire. 
April  7,  with  Frederic  de  Belleville,  Robert  Warwick,  Elita 
Proctor  Otis,  Minna  Gale  Haynes,  Otis  Skinner,  Florence 
Reed,  etc.). 

"The  Boomerang"  (by  Winchell  Smith  and  Victor  Mapes, — at 
The  Playhouse,  Wilmington,  Del.,  April  5,  191 5 :  August  10, 


at  the  Belasco,  in  N.Y.,  with  Arthur  Byron,  Wallace  Ed- 
dinger,  Martha  Hedman,  Ruth  Shepley,  etc.). 

'The  Heart  of  Wetona"  (by  George  Scarborough,  revised  by 
D.  B., — at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  N.Y.,  February  29,  1916. 
In  its  original  form,  this  play  was  called  'The  Girl,"  and 
was  first  produced,  June  28,  191 3,  at  the  Apollo  Theatre, 
Atlantic  City,  N.J.:  rewritten,  under  the  title  of  "Okla- 
homa," it  was  acted  January  20,  191 6,  at  the  Stamford 
Theatre,  Stamford,  Conn.  Lenore  Ulric  played  its  central 
character,  and  was,  in  the  original  presentment,  supported 
by  W.  H.  Thompson,  Arthur  Lewis,  and  Lowell  Sherman: 
in  the  definite  arrangement,  by  John  Miltern,  Loweil  Sher- 
man, and  William  Courtleigh). 

'Seven  Chances"  (by  Roi  Cooper  Megrue, — at  the  Apollo 
Theatre,  Atlantic  City,  N.J.,  April  17,  19 16:  at  the  Cohan 
Theatre,  N.Y.,  August  17,  with  Carroll  McComas,  Helen 
MacKellar,  Anne  Meredith,  Otto  Kruger,  John  Butler, 
Frank  Craven,  etc.). 

The  Little  Lady  in  Blue"  (by  Horace  Hodges  and  T.  Wigney 
Percyval, — at  the  Belasco  Theatre,  Washington,  October  6, 
1 91 6:  at  the  Belasco,  N.Y.,  December  22,  with  Frances 
Starr,  George  Giddens,  A.  G.  Andrews,  Jerome  Patrick, 
etc.). 

The  Very  Minute"  (by  John  Meehan, — at  The  Playhouse, 
Wilmington,  Del.,  April  5,  191 7:  N.  Y.,  at  the  Belasco, 
April  9,  with  Arnold  Daly,  William  Morris,  Forrest  Robin- 
son, John  W.  Cope,  Marie  Wainwright,  etc.). 

Tiger  Rose"  (by  Willard  Mack— at  the  Shubert  Theatre,  Wil- 
mington, April  30,  1917:  October  3,  at  the  Lyceum,  N.Y., 
with  Lenore  Ulric,  Willard  Mack,  William  Courtleigh, 
Pedro  de  Cordoba,  Thomas  Findlay,  Fuller  Mellish,  etc.). 


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Tolly  With  a  Past"  (by  George  Middleton  and  Guy  Bolton, — 
at  the  Apollo  Theatre,  Atlantic  City,  June  n,  191 7:  in 
N.Y.,  at  the  Lyceum,  September  6,  with  Ina  Claire,  Anne 
Meredith,  H.  Reeves-Smith,  William  Sampson,  Cyril  Scott, 
etc.). 

'Daddies"  (by  John  L.  Hobble, — at  the  Belasco  Theatre, Wash- 
ington, June  12,  191 8:  at  the  Belasco,  N.Y.,  September  5, 
with  Jeanne  Eagles,  John  W.  Cope,  Bruce  McRae,  etc.). 

'Tiger!  Tiger  I' '  (by  Edward  Knoblock, — at  Ford's  Opera 
House,  Baltimore,  November  4,  191 8:  at  the  Belasco,  N.Y., 
November  12,  1918,  with  Frances  Starr,  Lionel  Atwill, 
Auriel  Lee,  O.  P.  Heggie,  Whitford  Kane,  etc.). 

•Dark  Rosaleen"  (by  W.  D.  Hepenstall  and  Whitford  Kane, 
— Majestic  Theatre,  Buffalo,  N.Y.,  February  3,  1919:  N.Y., 
at  the  Belasco,  April  22,  with  Eileen  Huban,  Thomas 
Mitchell,  Whitford  Kane,  Henry  Duffey,  etc.). 

'The  Gold  Diggers"  (by  Avery  Hopwood, — at  the  Apollo  The- 
atre, Atlantic  City,  June  23,  19 19:  Lyceum,  N.Y.,  Septem- 
ber 30,  with  Ina  Claire,  Jobyna  Howland,  Bruce  Mc- 
Rae, H.  Reeves-Smith,  etc., 
725  consecutive  perform- 
ances in  N.Y.). 

'The  Son-Daughter"  (by  George 
Scarborough  and  D.  B., — 
Ford's  Opera  House,  Balti- 
more, November  4,  19 19: 
Belasco,  N.Y.,  November  19, 
withLenoreUlric,  Harry  Mes- 
tayer,  Albert  Bruning,  Thom- 
as Findlay,  Edmond  Lowe, 

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Frederick  Burt,  etc.,  240  consecutive  performances  in  N.  Y.). 

"Call  the  Doctor"  (by  Jean  Archibald, — May  31,  1920,  at  the 
Savoy  Theatre,  Asbury  Park,  N.J.:  N.Y.,  at  the  Empire, 
August  31,  with  Janet  Beecher,  Charlotte  Walker,  Fania 
Marinoff,  Philip  Merivale,  Wm.  Morris,  etc.). 

"One"  (by  Edward  Knoblock, — Savoy  Theatre,  Asbury  Park, 
N.J. ,  July  5,  1920:  Belasco,  N.Y.,  September  14,  with  Fran- 
ces Starr,  Randle  Ayrton,  Philip  Desborough,  etc.). 

"Deburau"  (by  Sacha  Guitry,  adapted  into  English  by  Granville 
Barker, — at  Ford's  Opera  House,  Baltimore,  December  6, 
1920:  Belasco,  N.Y.,  December  23,  with  Lionel  Atwill, 
Morgan  Farley,  Elsie  Mackay,  Rose  Coghlan,  Sidney  Toler, 
Joseph  Herbert,  Rowland  Buckstone,  etc.,  189  consecu- 
tive performances). 

"Kiki"  (by  Andre  Picard,  adapted  in  English  by  D.  B.,— at  the 
Apollo  Theatre,  Atlantic  City,  July  25,  192 1 :  Belasco  The- 
atre, November  29,  with  Lenore  Ulric,  Sam.  Hardy,Thomas 
Mitchell,  etc.,  600  consecutive  performances  in  N.Y.). 

"The  Wandering  Jew"  (by  Temple  Thurston,  produced  in  asso- 
ciation with  A.  L.  Erlanger  [not  directed  by  D.B.], — The 
Playhouse,  Wilmington,  October  14,  192 1:  N.Y.,  at  the 
Knickerbocker  Theatre,  October  25,  with  Tyrone  Power, 
Sidney  Herbert,  Albert  Bruning,  Miriam  Lewes,  Helen 
Ware). 

"The  Grand  Duke"  (by  Sacha  Guitry,  translated  by  Achmed 
Abdullah, — at  Ford's  Opera  House,  Baltimore,  October  17, 
1 92 1 :  N.Y.,  at  the  Lyceum,  November  1,  1921,  with  Lionel 
Atwill,  Lina  Abarbaneil,  Morgan  Farley,  Vivian  Tobin, 
etc.). 

"Shore  Leave"  (by Hubert  Osborne, — atFord's,  Baltimore,  May 

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15,  igiz:  N.Y.,  at  the  Lyceum,  August  8,  with  Frances 
Starr,  James  Rennie,  etc.). 

'The  Merchant  of  Venice"  (at  Ford's  Opera  House,  Baltimore, 
November  13,  1922:  N.Y.,  at  the  Lyceum,  December  21, 
1922, — with  David  Warfield,  Philip  Merivale,  Walter  I. 
Percival,  A.  E.  Anson,  Fuller  Mellish,  Percival  Vivian, 
Reginald  Goode,  Mary  Servoss,  Mary  Ellis,  Julia  Adler,  etc. 
Ninety-two  consecutive  performances  in  New  York,  the 
longest  "run"  of  this  play  ever  attained  in  America). 

'The  Comedian"  (by  Sacha  Guitry,  adapted  in  English  by 
D.  B., — at  The  Playhouse,  Wilmington,  January  26,  1923: 
at  the  Lyceum,  N.Y.,  March  13,  with  Lionel  Atwill,  Elsie 
Mackaye,  A.  P.  Kaye,  Cooper  Cliffe,  etc.). 

'Mary,  Mary,  Quite  Contrary"  (by  St.  John  Ervine, — at  Main 
Street  Theatre,  Asbury  Park,  N.J.,  August  27,  1923:  N.Y., 
at  the  Belasco,  September  11,  1923,  with  Mrs.  Fiske,  C. 
Aubrey  Smith,  A.  P.  Kaye,  Frances  Lister,  Nora  Swinburne, 
Lennox  Pawle,  etc.). 

'The  Other  Rose"  (by  Edouard  Bourdet,  adapted  by  George 
Middleton, — at  the  Apollo  Theatre,  Atlantic  City,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1923  :  N.Y.,  at  the  Morosco  Theatre,  December  20, 
with  Fay  Bainter,  Henry  Hull,  Ernest  Stallard,  Effie 
Shannon,  Carlotta  Monterey,  etc.). 

'Laugh,  Clown,  Laugh!"  (from  the  Italian  of  Fausto  Martini's 
"Ridi,  Pagliaccio,"  adapted  by  D.  B.  and  Tom  Cushing, — 
at  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  Rochester,  N.Y.,  October  18,  1923 : 
N.  Y.,  at  the  Belasco,  November  28,  with  Lionel  Barrymore, 
Ian  Keith,  Henry  Herbert,  Sidney  Toler,  Irene  Fenwick, 
etc.). 

'Tiger  Cats"  (by  Mme.  Karen  Bramson,  adapted  from  "Les 
Felines,"  of  Michael  Orme, — at  the  Apollo,  Atlantic  City, 


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November  10,  1924:  N.Y.,  at  the  Belasco,  December  3, 
1924,  with  Robert  Loraine,  Katharine  Cornell,  Reginald 
Mason,  Ben  Johnson,  Mary  Servoss,  Ruth  Dayton,  etc.). 

"The  Harem"  (by  Ernest  Vajda,  adapted  in  English  by  Avery 
Hopwood,  at  the  Apollo,  Atlantic  City,  November  10,  1924: 
in  N.Y.,  at  the  Belasco,  December  3,  1924,  with  Lenore 
Ulric,  William  Courtenay,  Lennox  Pawle,  Virginia  Ham- 
mond, etc.). 

"Ladies  of  the  Evening"  (by  Milton  H.  Gropper, — at  New 
National  Theatre,  Washington,  December  1 1,  1924:  at  the 
Lyceum,  N.Y.,  December  23,  with  Beth  Merrill,  Edna  Hib- 
bard,  James  Kirkwood,  Vernon  Steele,  Dudley  Hawley,  etc.). 

"The  Dove"  (by  Willard  Mack,  founded  on  a  story  by  Gerald 
Beaumont, — at  Ford's,  Baltimore,  January  26,  1925 :  at  the 
Empire,  N.Y.,  February  11,  with  Holbrook  Blinn,  Judith 
Anderson,  William  Harrigan,  Sidney  Toler,  John  Harring- 
ton, William  Norris,  Ruth  Dayton,  etc.). 


Ferenc  Molnar 


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SOME  AUTHORS  WHOSE  PLAYS  HAVE  BEEN 
DIRECTED  AND  PRODUCED  BY 
DAVID  BELASCO 


James  Alberry. 
Jean  Archibald. 
Lee  Arthur. 
Granville  Barker. 
Adolphe  Belot. 
Henri  Bernstein. 
Pierre  Berton. 
Walter  Besant. 
Oscar  Blumenthal. 
Dion  Boucicault. 
Hutchison  Boyd. 
H.  H.  Boyesen. 
Alice  Bradley. 
Karen  Bramson. 
William  Brough. 
John  Brougham. 
J.  B.  Buckstone. 
Henry  J.  Byron. 
Bartley  Campbell. 
Colley  Cibber. 
Wilkie  Collins. 

George Colman  (the  Younger). 
J.  Fennimore  Cooper. 
Eugene  Cormon. 
Augustin  Daly. 
John  Danim. 
Henry  C.  De  Mille. 
William  C.  De  Mille. 
Adolphe  D'Ennery. 
Leo  Ditrichstein. 
Alexandre  Dumas. 
Euripides. 
Rosamonde  Gerard. 


William  S.  Gilbert. 
William  Gillette. 
Oliver  Goldsmith. 
Goethe. 

Clay  M.  Greene. 

Milton  H.  Gropper. 

F.  C.  Grove. 

Sacha  Guitry. 

A.  C.  Gunter. 

J.  T.  Haines. 

Leon  Halevy 

Andrew  Halliday. 

Augustus  Harris. 

Fred'k,  and  Fanny  Locke, 

Hatton. 
James  A.  Heme. 
John  L.  Hobble. 
Horace  Hodges. 
Avery  Hop  wood. 
Bronson  Howard. 
William  Hurlbut. 
Gustav  Kadelburgh. 
Leo  Kastner. 
Alfred  Kempe. 
Charles  Klein. 
Edward  Knoblock. 
Sheridan  Knowles. 
Jean  Davenport  Lander. 
Gaston  Leroux. 
James  H.  Le  Roy. 
William  H.  Lingard. 
John  Luther  Long. 
Mrs.  G.  W.  Lovell. 


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Meyer  Lutz. 

Edward  Bulwer-Lytton. 

Willard  Mack. 

Victor  Mapes. 

John  Westland  Marston. 

Theodore  Martin. 

Philip  Massinger. 

Charles  Mathews. 

Arthur  Matthison. 

Roi  Cooper  Megrue. 

Henri  Meilhac. 

Herman  Merivale. 

Paul  Merritt. 

George  Middleton. 

H.  M.  Milner. 

Yves  Mirande. 

Moliere. 

Ferenc  Molnar. 

Edward  Moore. 

Augustin  Moreto. 

Salmi  Morse. 

John  Maddison  Morton. 

S.  H.  Mosenthal. 

Georges  Ohnet. 

John  O'Keefe. 

John  Oxenford. 

T.  Wigney  Percy val. 

Henry  Pettitt. 

Watts  Phillips. 

Andre  Picard. 


James  R.  Planche. 
Walter  Herries  Pollock. 
Paul  M.  Potter. 
Charles  Reade. 
Robert  Reece. 
Andre  Rivoire. 
Tom  Robertson. 
Sydney  Rosen  feld. 
Maurice  Rostand. 
Ervine  St.  John. 
Victorien  Sardou. 
George  Scarborough. 
Clement  Scott. 
Charles  Selby. 
Shakespeare. 

Richard  Brinsley  Sheridan. 

Charles  Simon. 

J.  Palgrave  Simpson. 

S.  The  rye  Smith 

Winchell  Smith. 

Sophocles. 

Mrs.  Harriett  Beecher  Stowe. 

Austin  Strong. 

Tom  Taylor. 

Ralph  Tesmar. 

Eugene  Walter. 

W.  G.  Wills. 

Pierre  Wolff. 

William  N.  Young. 

£mile  Zola. 


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'Count  nothing  done  while  aught  remains  to  do." 

— Shakespeare. 


PLAYS  IMPENDING 

Contracts  calling  for  presentation  of  the  Plays 
listed  below  have  already  been  signed.  Seven  of  them 
have  already  been  produced  at  places  specified  and 
they  will  be  seen  in  New  York  as  soon  as  opportunity 
can  be  made.  Active  preparations  for  actual  produc- 
tion of  the  others  named  are  now  in  progress  and 
they,  also,  will  be  brought  out  in  the  metropolis  as 
quickly  as  is  possible. 


NEW  PRODUCTIONS  ALREADY  MADE,  AWAITING 
NEW  YORK  PRESENTMENT 

"What's  Wrong?"  (by  Frederick  Ballard,  at  the  New  National, 
Washington,  May  4,  19 14,  with  Frederick  Burton,  Richie 
Ling,  Percy  Helton,  Janet  Beecher,  etc.). 

"The  Vanishing  Bride"  (by  Sydney  Rosenfeld,  from  the  German 
of  Leo  Kastner  and  Ralph  Tesmar, — at  the  Main  Theatre, 
Long  Branch,  N.J.,  July  27,  19 14,  with  Thomas  A.  Wise, 
Gustav  von  Seyffertitz,  Frank  Gillmore,  Janet  Beecher, 
Angela  Keir,  etc.). 

"The  Love  Thought"  (by  Henry  Irving  Dodge, — at  the  Parson's 
Theatre,  Hartford,  Conn.,  April  29,  191 5,  with  Lowell  Sher- 
man, Hardee  Kirkland,  Janet  Beecher,  Isabel  O'Madigan, 
etc.). 

"Van  Der  Decken"  (on  the  myth  of  "The  Flying  Dutchman," 
by  D.  B., — at  The  Playhouse,  Wilmington,  Del.,  December 

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12,  1915.  with  David  Warfield,  Fritz  Lieber,  Ernest  Stal- 
lard,  Horace  Braham,  Tony  Bevan,  Marie  Bates,  etc.). 

"The  Treadmill"  (afterward  renamed  "Alias,"  by  Willard  Mack, 
based  on  a  story  by  John  A.  Moroso, — at  the  Apollo 
Theatre,  Atlantic  City,  N.J.,  May  8,  19 16,  with  Willard 
Mack,  Edwin  Mordant,  Ruth  Collins,  Annie  Mack  Ber- 
lein,  etc.). 

"The  Laughter  of  Fools"  (by  H.  F.  Maltby, — at  the  Apollo, 
Atlantic  City,  April  1,  19 18,  with  Beryl  Mercer,  Peggy 
O'Neill,  William  Sampson,  Max  Leeds,  etc.). 

"Over  the  Hills"  (by  Hutchison  Boyd,  at  the  Belasco  Theatre, 
Washington,  May  6,  191 8, — with  Frances  Starr,  Percy 
Haswell,  Frederick  Burt,  Arthur  Hohl,  etc.). 


WORKS  OF  WHICH  IT  IS  NOT  YET  DEEMED 
EXPEDIENT  TO  ANNOUNCE 
THE  TITLES 

NEW  PLAYS  BY 

Granville  Barker. 
Eugene  Buck. 
Maurice  Donnay. 
Milton  H.  Gropper. 
Fanny  Hurst. 
Eugene  O'Neill. 
Andre  Picard. 
Temple  Thurston. 
Ernest  Vajda. 


"A  Builder  of  Dreams,"  by  Nelly  Rosslia  Taylor. 
"The  Advocate,"  by  Eugene  Brieux. 


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"The  Black  Pearl,"  by  Mrs.  Wilson  Woodrow. 
"Blondy,"  by  George  Scarborough. 

"Building  the  Union,"  by  Mrs.  Wilson  Woodrow  and  A.  L. 

Sessions. 

"Christopher  Sly,"  by  G.  Forzano. 
"Dancers  in  the  Dark,"  by  Dorothy  Speare. 
"The  Desert,"  by  Lorenzo  Azertis. 

(Adapted  by  George  Middleton.) 
"The  Doll  Master,"  by  David  Belasco. 

"East  o'  the  World,"by  Achmed  Abdullah  and  David  Belasco. 
"Fear,"  by  Max  Marcin. 

"The  Fold,"  by  The  Marchioness  of  Townsend. 

"The  Fugitive,"  by  David  Belasco  and  William  Hurlbut. 

"Glad  Days,"  by  Mrs.  Wilson  Woodrow  and  A.  L.  Sessions. 

"The  Golden  Pin"  (pantomime),  by  Dr.  Hugo  Felix. 

"The  Hands,"  adapted  from  the  French  of  Camille  Lemormie. 

"Harlequin,"  by  David  Belasco  and  Achmed  Abdullah. 

"Jenny,"  by  David  Belasco. 

"La  Ballerina,"  by  Rudolf  Presber  and  Leo  Walther  Stein. 

"The  Lady  of  Belmont,"  by  St.  John  Ervine. 

"Lucria  Borgia,"  by  Arthur  Hornblow. 

"The  Man  Who  Is  No  Longer  In  This  World,"  by  Lucien 

Besnard. 

"The  Man  Who  Saw  the  Devil,"  by  Gaston  Le  Roux. 
"The  Man  With  the  Woman's  Face,"  by  David  Belasco. 
"The  Mongrel  Girl,"  by  Eugene  Walter. 
"The  Mother,"  by  Norman  Duncan. 

"My  Lulu  Belle,"  by  Edward  Sheldon  and  Charles  MacArthur. 

"Old  Love,"  by  David  Belasco  and  William  Hurlbut. 

"Penelope,"  by  Anthony  Warton. 

"The  Red  Mill,"  by  Ferenc  Molnar. 

"Repkra  Stroon,"  by  David  Belasco. 

"Salvage,"  by  Achmed  Abdullah  and  Carl  Haberlin. 

"She  Finds  Her  Place,"  by  Sacha  Guitry. 


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"The  Sphinx,' *  by  George  Scarborough. 

"The  Theatre,"  by  David  Belasco. 

"The  Thread,"  founded  upon  the  Italian  of  G.  Gacosa. 

"Tom  Trouble,"  by  John  Busley. 

"The  Valley,"  by  Philip  Moeller. 

"Weak  Women,"  by  Jacques  Deval. 

(Adapted  by  Avery  Hopwood.) 


For  Immediate  Revival,  "Madame  Butterfly." 

SHAKESPEARE  PLAYS 
IN  PREPARATION 

"King  Richard  II." 
"King  Henry  IV.— Part  One." 
"King  Henry  IV.— Part  Two." 
"Julius  Caesar." 
"King  Lear/' 

"A  Midsummer  Night's  Dream." 

"Without  pause  and  without  haste." 

— Goethe. 

"I  am  not  weary,  and  'tis  long  to  night!" 

— Shakespeare. 


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REPERTORY  OF  DAVID  BELASCO  COMPILED  BY 
WILLIAM  WINTER 

(From  "The  Life  of  David  Belasco,"  New  York.  1918) 


PART  PLAY 

Alfred  Evelyn    "Money 

Antonio    "The  Merchant  of  Venice 

Apothecary    "Romeo  and  Juliet 

Archibald  Carlyle  "East  Lynne 

Armand  Duval  "Camille 

Avica,  the  Spirit  of  Avarice  "A  Storm  of  Thoughts 

Baldwin    "Ireland  and  America 

Benvolio    "Romeo  and  Juliet 

Bernardo   "Hamlet 

Biondelb    "Katharine  and  Petruchio 

Black  Donald    "The  Hidden  Hand 

Bleeding  Sergeant    "Macbeth 

Bloater    "Maum  Cre 

Bob  "The  Black  Hand 

Bob  Brier ly   "The  Ticket-of-Leave  Man 

Bob  Rackett    "Help. 

Box    "Box  and  Cox 

Buddicombe   "Our  American  Cousin, 

Butler  "Man  and  Wife. 

Captain  Blenham   "The  Rough  Diamond. 

Captain  Crosstree    "Black-Ey'd  Susan 

Charles  Oakley  "The  Jealous  Wife. 

Chateau- Re naud    "The  Corsican  Brothers 

Claude  Melnotte   "The  Lady  of  Lyons. 

Clifford   "The  Hunchback, 

Colonel  Dent   "The  Governess. 

Conner  (J Kennedy    "Green  Bushes. 

Cool    "London  Assurance. 


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PART  PLAY 

Cox   "Box  and  Cox.' 

Craven  Lenoir    "The  Hidden  Hand.' 

Dan    "The  Streets  of  New  York.' 

Danny  Mann    "The  Colleen  Bawn.' 

Darley   "Dark  Deeds.' 

Dauphin   "King  Louis  XI.' 

De  Mauprat   "Richelieu.' 

DeWilt    "Under  the  Gas-Light.' 

Dickory   "The  Spectre  Bridegroom.' 

Doctor  of  Hospital    "The  Two  Orphans.' 

Dolly  Spanker    "London  Assurance.' 

Don  Caesar    "Donna  Diana.' 

Duke  of  Burgundy   "King  Lear.' 

Earl  of  Oxford   "King  Richard  III.' 

Fagin   "Oliver  Twist.' 

First  Citizen  "Julius  Caesar." 

First  Dwarf    "Rip  Van  Winkle." 

First  Fury  "Pluto." 

First  Grave-Digger   "Hamlet." 

First  Officer    "Macbeth." 

First  Policeman    "Little  Don  Giovanni." 

Fournechet,  Minister  of  Finance   "A  Life's  Revenge." 

Francesco   "Hamlet." 

Frank  Breezly   "Katy." 

Friar  Lawrence    "Romeo  and  Juliet." 

Furnace,  the  Cook  "A  New  Way  to  Pay  Old  Debts." 

Galeas   ...."The  Enchantress." 

Gaspard   "The  Lady  of  Lyons." 

Gaston   "Camille." 

Genius  of  the  Ring    "The  Wonderful  Scamp;  or, 

Aladdin  No.  2." 


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George  Sheldon  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin." 

Gilbert  Gates   "The  Dawn  of  Freedom." 

Gringoire   "The  Ballad  Monger." 

Guildenstern  "Hamlet." 

Gyp    "Saratoga." 

Hamlet   "Hamlet." 

Harvey    "Out  at  Sea." 

Heinrich  Vedder  "Rip  Van  Winkle." 

Hon.  Bob  Penley  "Fritz  in  a  Madhouse." 

Idiot,  The  "The  Idiot  of  the  Mountain." 

James  Callin  "Across  the  Continent."  (Prologue.) 

Jasper  Pidgeon  "Meg's  Diversion." 

Job  Armroyd  "Lost  in  London." 

John  O'Bibs  "The  Long  Strike." 

Johnson  "The  Lancashire  Lass." 

Joseph  Surface  "The  School  for  Scandal." 

King  Louis  the  Eleventh  "King  Louis  XL" 

Laertes  "Hamlet." 

Lawyer  Marks  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin." 

Lawyer  Tripper  "Solon  Shingle"  ("The  People's  Lawyer.") 

Lieutenant  "Don  Caesar  de  Bazan." 

Lieutenant  Victor  "The  Lion  of  Nubia." 

Le  Beau  "As  You  Like  It." 

Lorenzo  "The  Wife." 

Louis  "One  Hundred  Years  Old." 

Maffeo  Orsini  "Lucretia  Borgia." 

Major  Hershner  "Twice  Saved." 

Malcolm  "Macbeth." 

Mandeville  "The  Young  Widow." 

Marc  Antony  "Julius  Caesar." 

Marco  "The  Wife.' 

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Mark  "The  Progidal's  Return. 

Mark  Meddle  "London  Assurance. 

Marquis  "The  Pearl  of  Savoy. 

Master  Walter  "The  Hunchback. 

Mateo,  the  Landlord  "The  Beauty  and  the  Brigands. 

Melter  Moss  "The  Ticket-of-Leave  Man. 

Mercutio  "Romeo  and  Juliet. 

Mr.  Ellingham  "Hearts  of  Oak. 

Mr.  Honeyton  "A  Happy  Pair. 

Mr.  Trimeo  "The  Mysterious  Inn. 

Mr.  Toodle   "The  Toodles. 

Modus  "The  Hunchback. 

Mons.  Deschapelles  "The  Lady  of  Lyons. 

Moses  "The  School  for  Scandal. 

Nathan  "Leah  the  Forsaken. 

Nick  o  the  Woods  (the  Jibbenainosay, 

The  Avenger.  Reginald  Ashburn, 

Bloody  Nathan,  and  The  Spirit  of 

The  Water)  "The  Jibbenainosay. 

Nick  Vedder  "Rip  Van  Winkle. 

Our  Guest  "Our  Mysterious  Boarding  House. 

Pablo,  the  Harpist  "Across  the  Continent. 

Page  "  Mary  Stuart. 

Paris  "Romeo  and  Juliet. 

Pedro  "A  Yankee  in  Cuba. 

Peter  "Deborah. 

Peter  Bowbells  "The  Illustrious  Stranger. 

Peter  True  "The  Statue  Lover. 

Peter  White  "Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  White. 

Phil  Bouncer  "The  Persecuted  Traveller. 

Philip  Ray  "Enoch  Arden. 

Pierre  "Robert  Macaire. 


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Pietre  "The  Enchantress."  (Prologue) 

Polonius  "Hamlet. 

Polydor  "Ingomar. 

Prince  Saucilita  "The  Gold  Demon. 

Pumpernickel  "The  Child  of  the  Regiment. 

Ralph  "The  Lighthouse  Cliff. 

Raphael  (and  Phidias)  "The  Marble  Heart. 

Ratcliff  "King  Richard  III. 

Rueben  "Schermerhorn's  Boy. 

Richard  Hare  "East  Lynne. 

Richmond  "King  Richard  III. 

Robert  Landry   "The  Dead  Heart. 

Robert  Macaire  "Robert  Macaire. 

Rory  0s More  "Rory  O'More. 

Rosencrantz    "Hamlet. 

Ruby  Darrell  "Hearts  of  Oak. 

Rudolph  "Leah  the  Forsaken. 

Rudolphe  "Agnes. 

Salanio  "The  Merchant  of  Venice. 

Sambo  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin. 

Santo  "Gaspardo. 

Secretary    "Richelieu. 

Second  Player  "Hamlet 

Selim  "The  Forty  Thieves. 

Signor  Mateo  "The  Miser's  Daughter. 

Simon  Lullaby  "A  Conjugal  Lesson. 

Simon  Legree  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin. 

Simon,  the  Cobbler  "Marie  Antoinette. 

Sir  Francis  Leveson  "East  Lynne. 

Slave  "Pygmalion  and  Galatea. 

Spada  "The  Woman  in  Red. 

Stuttering  Tailor  "Katharine  and  Petruchio. 


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Strale  "Checkmate.' 

Sylvius  "As  You  Like  It.' 

Terry  Dennison  "Hearts  of  Oak.' 

The  Destroyer  "The  Haunted  Man.' 

Tim  Bolus  "My  Turn  Next.' 

Timothy  Tubbs  "The  Millionaire's  Daughter.' 

Tony  Lumpkin  "She  Stoops  to  Conquer.' 

Trip  "The  School  for  Scandal.' 

Tubal  "The  Merchant  of  Venice.' 

Uncle  Tom  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin.' 

Valentine  "Faust"  (Abridgment  of) 

Vasquez  "The  Wonder.' 

Waiter  "The  Gamester.' 

Waiter  (Negro)  "Fritz  in  a  Madhouse.' 

Young  Marlowe  "She  Stoops  to  Conquer.' 


FEMALE  CHARACTERS 


Mrs.  Cornelia  "East  Lynne. 

Mrs.  Willoughby  "The  Ticket-of-Leave  Man. 

Mother  Frochard  "The  Two  Orphans. 

Nurse  "Romeo  and  Juliet. 

Player  Queen  "Hamlet. 

Queen  Gertrude  "Hamlet. 

Topsy  "Uncle  Tom's  Cabin. 


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READINGS  AND  RECITATIONS  CUSTOMARILY 
USED  BY  DAVID  BELASCO 


"Bernardo  del  Carpio." 
"Curfew  Must  Not  Ring  To-Night." 
"The  Country  Bumpkin's  Courtship." 
"The  Dream  of  Eugene  Aram." 
"Eliza." 

"King  Louis  XI." — Scenes  from. 

"The  Little  Hero." 
"Little  Jim,  the  Collier's  Lad." 
Hamlet  s  Soliloquy  on  Death. 
Hubert's  Scene  With  Prince  Arthur  ("King  John"). 
"Jim  Bludso." 
"The  Maniac." 
"The  Maiden's  Prayer." 
"The  Merchant  of  Venice." — Trial  Scene. 
Marc  Antony's  Oration. 
"No  One  To  Love  Him." 
"Oliver  Twist"  (Scene  on  London  Bridge, 
Scene  wherein  Fagin  causes  Sikes  to 
murder  Nancy,  and  Scene  wherein 
Fagin  awaits  execution). 
"Shamus  O'Brien." 
"The  Vagabonds." 
"Tell  Me  Not  In  Mournful  Numbers." 


"A/y  memory  beams  on  the  days  that  are  gone" 

— OSSIAN. 


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